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Max Apple is a Scriptwriter American born on 22 october 1941 at Grand Rapids (USA)
Max Apple (born October 22, 1941) is an American short story writer, novelist, and professor at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apple was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and received his B.A. (1963) and Ph.D (1970) from The University of Michigan. Apple taught creative writing at Rice University in Houston, Texas for 29 years, where he held the Fox Chair in English. After retiring from Rice University, Apple moved to Philadelphia, where he presently teaches at The University of Pennsylvania. Along with his published novels and short story collections, he has written the screenplays for The Air Up There starring Kevin Bacon and Roommates (based on his 1994 biography Roommates: My Grandfather's Story).
(1995)
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Add to a movie listRoommates (1995)
, 1h48Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Peter Falk, D. B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore, Jan Rubes, Frankie Faison, Ellen Burstyn
Roles Short Story
Rating63%
In 1963 Pittsburgh, Rocky Holzcek is a cantankerous 77-year-old Polish-American baker who insists, despite relatives' protests, upon adopting his young grandson Michael when the boy's parents pass away. Twenty years later, Michael is a medical student in Columbus who's forced to take his still-spry grandfather when the old man is evicted from his apartment building. Although the crusty, outspoken Rocky gets along with his Chinese college roommates, he is less enthused about his grandson's girlfriend, Beth. Eventually, Michael and Beth marry and head to Pittsburgh where Michael begins his medical residency, while Rocky continues working as a baker. An illness forces Rocky to move back to Pittsburgh with his grandson and his wife, and Rocky warms up to Beth. Seven years pass, and Rocky lives with Michael and Beth and their two children, as Michael has built himself a prominent medical career. However, when Beth is killed in an automobile accident, the old man once again comes to support his grandson in his time of need. At the end of the film, Rocky dies at the age of 107, knowing that his grandson is well, and that he has provided all the care that he could for him.
The Air Up There (1994)
, 1h47Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Kevin Bacon, Yolanda Vazquez, Winston Ntshona, Sean McCann, Dennis Patrick, Nigel Miguel
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Jimmy Dolan (Kevin Bacon) is a college basketball assistant coach who wants to find a new star for his team since he believes this will get him a promotion to head coach at the school. He sees a home video of a prospect named Saleh and travels to Africa to recruit him. Upon arriving in this continent, Dolan finds himself confronted not only with the challenges of basketball but also with the challenges of adjusting to and learning how to live in the midst of a brand-new culture. Though Dolan is initially opposed by Saleh's father who is also the leader of the village, he later agrees to let his son play. Dolan and Saleh both teach each other life lessons before they take the court for one final game with everything on the line. One of the most dramatic scenes in the film involves the instruction of Saleh by Dolan regarding the "Jimmy Dolan Shake and Bake.
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
Directed by Charles B. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Jimmy McNichol, Janet Julian, William Forsythe, Rance Howard, Mel Welles, Michael Greene
Rating35%
The stock plot deals with Roscoe Wilton (Jimmy McNichol), a teenage joyriding car thief, evading Cyco (psycho) County Sheriff Turner (Walter Barnes) and his unintelligent deputies.